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Creates a function for is\_class

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is-class
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[](#is-class)

This program simply does one thing.

It creates a function `is_class` to go along with the many other 'is' functions.

`is_object` exists although it will return `true` if you execute `is_object(new \stdClass())` to me that seems like unexpected behavior. When somebody wants to find out if something is a class, they are usually not testing `\stdClass`.

`is_a` exists, but you need to know the name of the class in question. You simply can't call `is_a($class);`.

This function can be called as `is_class($class)`, which will return `true` for `interfaces` or `traits`. The second way is `is_class($class, true)`, where true means strict, which will return `false` if anything is an `interface` or `trait`.

The function always returns false for `\stdClass`, you can use `is_object` for that, unless you extend `\stdClass`.

Tests
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[](#tests)

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###  Health Score

49

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FairBetter than 95% of packages

Maintenance81

Actively maintained with recent releases

Popularity11

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity81

Battle-tested with a long release history

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% of commits — single point of failure

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**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~486 days

Recently: every ~460 days

Total

8

Last Release

99d ago

Major Versions

v1.0.0.x-dev → 2.0.02021-01-22

PHP version history (4 changes)v1.0.0PHP >=5.4

2.0.0PHP >=7.3

v2.1.0PHP >=7.4

2.1.1PHP >=8.2

### Community

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